Author Archives: mfagan

Unstarring multiple contacts on Google Contacts

Posted on January 2, 2023 by mfagan

Some time in the last few years, all of my Google Contacts contacts became “starred,” rendering the feature useless and annoying me constantly. I finally fixed the problem today. The interface has no obvious method to bulk un-star contacts, and … Continue reading →

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Updating the ol’ website

Posted on May 16, 2020 by mfagan

Since I can’t bring myself to close down Fagan Finder, and I don’t like having such a broken website around, I’ve been trying to figure out how to keep it useful and up-to-date. In 2017 I completely rewrote both the … Continue reading →

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Shortcut to finding top DNA matches for endogamous populations in 23andMe and Ancestry

Posted on November 2, 2019 by mfagan

For background, see Genetic Genealogy for Jewish Ancestry and Overcoming Endogamy in DNA (YouTube) by GeneaVlogger. If you take a DNA test to find relatives, and you’re from an endogamous population (such as being Ashkenazi), you need to look at … Continue reading →

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When to ask for more (donations, information, etc.)

Posted on April 17, 2016 by mfagan

Okay, so I haven’t written a blog post in almost three years. My rants have been going unranted. Two fairly recent experiences inspired this one. I donated some money to a charity (online, of course), and within weeks received by snail mail … Continue reading →

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Recycling Crayola Markers

Posted on June 9, 2013 by mfagan

I haven’t written much about waste reduction here. I’m constantly mentally drafting and abandoning blog posts on waste topics, and I never really feel like they fit in on the Waste Nothing blog, as that’s for news about the website … Continue reading →

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Doors Open Toronto 2013 Map

Posted on May 24, 2013 by mfagan

Full-size Doors Open Toronto 2013 Map Green = Green Building (may have kids activities) Blue = Has kids activities (and not a green building) Steps to make this map (note you can follow just the bold steps): Thursday: Ooh, it’s … Continue reading →

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Updating the ‘ol homepage

Posted on March 31, 2013 by mfagan

Although I’ve made tweaks, I had never redone my personal home page, faganm.com, until  now. Nothing major, but it wasn’t very pretty or that well organized, and as it’s effectively “my face on the web,” it needed a bit better … Continue reading →

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It’s been a long time

Posted on March 21, 2013 by mfagan

It’s been an incredibly long time since my last post on this blog. This post is partially a reminder to myself, that I have no intention of ever closing this blog. In fact, I often compost new posts in my … Continue reading →

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Waste Nothing

Posted on January 20, 2012 by mfagan

Long time no blog, I know. Some time ago I put Quizify on hold to work on a new project. I like Quizify, but I wanted to do something more important, something that can make a difference to the environment. … Continue reading →

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Entity Extraction APIs, once again

Posted on July 26, 2011 by mfagan

It has been about a year and a half since my Comparing NLP APIs for Entity Extraction post, which continues to be quite popular. I immediately started writing a followup, and naturally never finished or published it. Since I’ve been getting … Continue reading →

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